Du-Ku

According to Wasilewska et al., du-ku translates as "holy hill", "holy mound" [...E-dul-kug... (House which is the holy mound)^[4]], or "great mountain"^[5][6] According to the University of Pennsylvania online dictionary of Sumerian and Akkadian languages, du-ku is actually du6-ku3, with du6 being defined as a mound or ruin mound, and ku3 as either ritually pure or shining: it is used in the texts on the Univ. of Oxford site as "shining". There is no mention of nor association with the term "holy", and instead it represents a cultic and cosmic place.

The location is otherwise alluded to in sacred texts as a specifically identified place of godly judgement.^[5]

The hill was the location for ritual offerings to Sumerian god(s).^[7] Nungal and the Anunna dwell upon the holy hill^[8] in a text written from Gilgamesh.^[9]

• Ekur
• Hymn to the E-kur
• Shamash
• Sumerian religion